El acoso psicológico desde una perspectiva organizacionalPapel del clima organizacional y los procesos de cambio

  1. Muñoz Flores, Herminia
  2. Guerra de los Santos, José Manuel
  3. Barón Duque, Miguel
  4. Munduate Jaca, Lourdes
Journal:
Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

ISSN: 1576-5962

Year of publication: 2006

Issue Title: Acoso Psicológico en el Trabajo

Volume: 22

Issue: 3

Pages: 347-362

Type: Article

More publications in: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

Abstract

During the last few years, workplace bullying has become an area of great interest and has encouraged research from different perspectives. From an organizational approach, this study analyzes the role of workplace climate in terms of support, rules, goals, innovation, and the role of organizational change with regard to the onset of bullying at work. A sample of 211 workers from public and private organizations participated in the study. The results show that both workplace climate and organizational change play a key role in the onset of workplace bullying. More specifically, it was found that either a support climate or a rule climate at work lowers the presence of bullying in the workplace, whereas both a goal workplace climate and the process of change at work seem to increase the risk of workplace bullying.

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